HOSA–Future Health Professionals met on January 10, 2015, and elected Lara Skaggs as Chair of the HOSA Inc. Board of Directors for 2015.
Lara brings commitment and experience with HOSA having been involved at the state and national levels. Lara is serving the Board as the HSE Supervisor/Teacher Educator Representative. She also served as the Chair of the National HOSA Competitive Events Committee from 2006-2007. Ms. Skaggs is currently the Health Careers Education State Program Manager in Oklahoma.
HOSA is proud to partner with the Army. As part of that partnership, HOSA has been invited to be a part of the annual Army Strengthening America's Youth meeting. The meeting was held at Ft. Myers in Virginia and the topic was improving the educational development of today’s youth, especially in the critical fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Jane Shovlin, Chair, HOSA, Inc. Board of Directors represented HOSA at the meeting.
We are excited to announce that former HOSA member, Brittany Wenger, has been named L'Oreal Paris Woman of Worth. Please see the link below for the article about her Could4Cancer app.
The National Academy of Future Physicians and Medical Scientists announced Chris Pollema, a HOSA member from Dakota Valley High School in South Dakota, as the winner of the $185,000 National Academy Medical School Scholarship Challenge.
Chris’ topic was entitled “Using the Enzyme Choline Acetyltransferase to Either Prove or Disprove the Cholinergic Theory and Further Alzheimer’s Disease Research.”
The anticipation that developed months, weeks, and days before seemed to get longer and longer. The nation was prepared, prepared with state leaders that were ready to adventure onto the next step of their term, Washington Leadership Academy. As the round tables filled so did the room, not only with officers but also with hugs, handshakes and laughter. WLA focused on leading with courage, creating an impactful act on someone or something.
TeamHOSA - your resource for all things leadership! TeamHOSA is an e-Guide filled with activities, chapter ideas, helpful hints, and valuable tools that will set you up to facilitate the best possible HOSA experience this year.
Organizing your HOSA chapter and developing critical soft-skills is an important responsibility. Your TeamHOSA subscription will deliver periodic emails loaded with information relevant to HOSA leadership. Expect tips to help you manage team dynamics, techniques that boost HOSA awareness, and best practices shared by veteran HOSA enthusiasts.
The Chapter Advisor Resource is now available through TRAIN.org. Are you a chapter advisor looking for links and documents to help with chapter officer elections, HOSA activity ideas and fundraising? Find these and many more downloadable, customizable resources on the Chapter Advisor Resource. Visit http://www.hosa.org/node/14 for Chapter Advisor Resource Access Instructions and a video tutorial!
Guidelines for Barbara James Service Award, National Service Project and MRC Volunteer Recognition are now posted. Members and chapters will track their volunteer hours and money raised through the HOSA Activity Tracking System. Member and Advisor Instruction Sheets and Video Tutorials are currently posted at http://www.hosa.org/node/117.
HOSA is pleased to provide four videos to be used as classroom resources. In the past these videos have been distributed on DVD but, now we are making them available on the HOSA website so, they can be streamed at anytime. The videos included are:
2014-15 HOSA Promotional Video
2014 NLC Keynote address by Michio Kaku
2014 NLC Conference Thinkback
2013-14 HOSA Promotional Video
We hope these videos will be valuable resources in your classroom and HOSA chapters. The videos can be accessed at the link below.
